New York. 1877. 221pp. Folding map. Original pictorial cloth. A fine copy. A presentation copy, inscribed: "...with the compliments of the author." Describes with gusto the mineral wealth of the Southwest.More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1862. 17pp. Dbd. Old institutional stamp on titlepage. Internally clean. Very good. The opinion of Edward Bates, Attorney General of the United States, on a matter stemming from a delayed payment to the firm of Pierce & Bacon for army supplies and transportation services rendered in... More

Springfield, Ma. 1866. xx,452pp. plus advertisements and partially colored folding map. Original cloth. Wear at head and toe of spine, tear at gutter of map with no loss, some light foxing. Good. The second edition, after two issues of the first edition published the previous year. This edition is not... More

St. Louis. June 20, 1843. [1]p., docketed on verso. Folio. Old fold lines; some separation at folds, a few repaired with older archival tape. Quite clean and bright. Good. A remarkable window into the business dealings of famed mountain man Jim Bridger, this signed manuscript affidavit of John P. Sarpy... More

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1972. 5-404pp. plus seventeen illustrations. Portrait frontispiece. Original red cloth. Very good. In dust jacket. A biography of Lee that attempts to explain his role as leader in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. With a remarkable chart of Lee's polygamy.More

New York. 1865. 231pp. plus plates and 8pp. of ads. Frontis. Original cloth, rubbed. Good. One of a series of satirical books written by Browne under the pseudonym of Artemus Ward, illustrated by Mullen. Includes several chapters concerning the Mormons, as well as an account of a trip to California... More

[Liverpool: Wm. Budge, 1879]. 16pp. Self-wrappers. Punch hole in blank gutter. Stained. Very good. Delivered by Budge at a London Conference at Goswell Hall, Dec. 9, 1879, and frequently reprinted and published abroad in several languages.More

Omaha. 1880. 281,[1]pp. plus seventeen (of eighteen) folding plates. Original publisher's cloth, stamped in black. Extremities worn, inner hinges cracked. Contemporary ownership inscription and markings. Some light soiling. Fair. The new Crofutt guide was first published in 1878, and made an annual appearance with revisions for some time thereafter. This... More

Washington: Printed for the Author, 1886. 32pp. Original printed wrappers, inserted in Gaylord binder. Very good. An eloquent defense of the Mormon cause regarding plural marriage on legal, not religious grounds, by the noted author/jurist. Not included in his BAL entry, by definition.More

[Buffalo? 1891]. 96pp. Illus. Dbd. from larger volume, original front wrap present, crudely stitched. Internally very good. Promotional for the Rio Grande Western Railway, including a brief history of the Mormons.More

[Np. 1857]. 8pp. printed on folded folio sheet. A couple creases, else very good, unopened and untrimmed. "Douglas was invited by the federal grand jury to address it upon the state of the nation. This speech was the first public expression of his views on the Dred Scott decision. In... More

Cincinnati. 1865. 264pp. plus 24pp. of advertisements. Publisher's cloth, spine gilt, neatly rebacked, with original spine laid down, corners renewed. 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown, moderate foxing, as usual. Very good. A scarce account of an expedition to the Northwest beginning at Council Bluffs, via the North Platte to Fort... More